2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Chapter 88 - Slayers
8814.1 - Preadjudication rule.

     § 8814.1.  Preadjudication rule.
        (a)  General rule.--If a person has been charged, whether by
     indictment, information or otherwise, by the United States, the
     Commonwealth or any of the several states, with voluntary
     manslaughter or homicide, except homicide by vehicle, in
     connection with a decedent's death, then any and all property or
     benefit that would otherwise pass to that person from the
     decedent's estate shall be placed and preserved in escrow by the
     person duly appointed by the register as personal
     representative. Upon dismissal or withdrawal of the charge, or
     upon the return of a verdict of not guilty, the property or
     benefit held in escrow shall pass as if no charge had been filed
     or made. Upon conviction of the charge, the property or benefit
     held in escrow shall pass in accordance with the terms and
     provisions of this chapter.
        (b)  Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the duly
     appointed personal representative shall be authorized upon
     notice to all interested parties, including, but not limited to,
     the accused, to petition the orphans' court division of the
     court of common pleas in the county where the estate lies for
     payment from the escrowed funds of child support and related
     expenses and of expenses of estate administration. Disposition
     of the petition shall lie in the sound discretion of the court.
        (c)  Notice to register of wills.--Within seven days of
     charging, whether by indictment, information or otherwise, a
     person with homicide or manslaughter the district attorney
     shall, in writing, notify the register of the name of the person
     charged, the name of the decedent and the charge.
     (Dec. 20, 2000, P.L.838, No.118, eff. 60 days)

        2000 Amendment.  Act 118 added section 8814.1.